flood

an overwhelming number or amount

“a flood of requests”

cover with liquid, usually water

“The swollen river flooded the village”

a large flow

light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography

fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

“The images flooded his mind”

the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

the act of flooding; filling to overflowing

supply with an excess of

“flood the market with tennis shoes”

the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)

“a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune”

become filled to overflowing

“Our basement flooded during the heavy rains”